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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2009
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Theodore C. Lamson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
John Reggie, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Chang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joseph Catanese, Iii, Redwood City, CA (US);
David Tholfsen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Theodore C. Lamson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
John Reggie, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Chang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joseph Catanese, III, Redwood City, CA (US);
David Tholfsen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for delivery of substances or apparatus to target sites within the body of a human or animal patient. A vessel wall penetrating catheter is inserted into the vasculature, positioned and oriented within a blood vessel near the target extravascular site and a penetrator is advanced from the catheter in the direction of the target site. Thereafter, a delivery catheter is passed through a lumen of the penetrator to the target site. A desired substance or apparatus is then delivered to or obtained from the target site.